East Cambridgeshire District Council Water Cycle Study Detailed ...

Abbreviation Description
GWR Greywater Recycling
HA Highways Agency
Stage 2 Water Cycle Study: Final Report
Sept 2011
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Cambridgeshire Horizons
East Cambridgeshire – Detailed WCS
HMWB Heavily Modified Water Body (under the Water Framework
Directive)
IDB Internal Drainage Board
JNCC Joint Nature Conservation Committee
l/h/d Litres/head/day (a water consumption measurement)
LCT Limits of Conventional Treatment
LDDs Local Development Documents
LDF Local Development Framework
LFE Low Flow Enterprise (model)
LLFA Lead Local Flood Authority
LPA Local Planning Authority
MCA Multi-Criteria Analysis
MLC Middle Level Commissioners
Ml Mega Litre (a million litres)
NE Natural England
NH4 Ammonium
NRD National Receptor Database (Environment Agency)
NWA No Water Available (in relation to CAMS)
OFWAT The Water Services Regulation Authority (formerly the Office of
Water Services)
OR Occupancy Rate
O-A Over Abstracted (in relation to CAMS)
O-L Over Licensed (in relation to CAMS)
P Phosphorous
PE Population Equivalent
PPS Planning Policy Statement
PR Periodic Review
PS Pumping Station
p/d Persons per dwelling
Q95 The river flow exceeded 95% of the time
Ramsar Site designated under the International Convention on Wetlands
of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat
RAG Red/Amber/Green Assessment
RBMP River Basin Management Plan
RSS Regional Spatial Strategy (East of England Plan)
RoC Review of Consents
RQO River Quality Objective
RQP River Quality Planning